Abstract: A door device for the interior of a passenger transport vehicle, and a passenger transport vehicle having at least one door device. The device includes a double-leaf sliding door with a first door leaf and a second door leaf in one plane. The door device has an upper guide for the first door leaf and an upper guide for the second door leaf. The guides are parallel with one another, and at least the upper guide for the first door leaf is offset with respect to the plane of the first and the second door leaf.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an autorack railcar roof assembly comprises a center roof panel, a first intermediate roof panel adjacent one side of the center roof panel, and a second intermediate roof panel adjacent an opposite of the center roof panel from the first intermediate roof panel. The center roof panel comprises a first width. The first and second intermediate roof panels each comprise a second width greater than the first width.

Abstract: An aircraft includes an enclosure positioned in a crown of the aircraft and extending in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The crown is above a passenger cabin of the aircraft. The aircraft includes an equipment rack coupled to a first side of the enclosure. The equipment rack is configured to hold at least one electronic component. The aircraft further includes an entryway on a second side of the enclosure that is opposite to the first side. The entryway provides access to the enclosure from the passenger cabin.

Abstract: A railcar head structure includes: a roof bodyshell positioned above a driver's cab window; and an underframe. The underframe includes: a pair of side sills; and a center sill located between the side sills and extending in a car longitudinal direction. A collision post is erected on a tip end of the center sill. A pillar is provided at the driver's cab window and extends so as to divide the driver's cab window. The pillar includes one end joined to the collision post and the other end joined to the roof bodyshell and couples the roof bodyshell and the collision post to each other.

Abstract: A railway car includes a passenger compartment having, in a central segment of the compartment, a lower floor and an upper floor superposed with each other, respectively defining a lower story and an upper story, and, in end segments of the compartment, two platforms each connected to the lower floor through a descending passage and to an upper floor through an ascending passage. At least one platform is equipped with at least one row of longitudinal seats leaning against a side face of the railway car.

Abstract: A head monorail car having a front end and a rear end comprises a body, a front load wheel proximate the front end, a rear load wheel proximate the rear end and a seat installed in a passenger area. The front load wheel and the rear load wheel are laterally centered in the body and at least partially protrude through the floor in the passenger area. The first seat is longitudinally installed at least partially between the front end of the monorail car and a spinning axis of the front wheel.

Abstract: A seating arrangement with improved seating comfort. In one embodiment, the seating arrangement is for a transportation vehicle. The arrangement includes seats at least having two levels adjacent to single-level seats. The multi-level seats include at least a bottom row of seats and a top row of seats. In one embodiment, the bottom row seats are on a floor; and there is an imaginary horizontal plane that is parallel to the floor, and that at least a part of the top row seats and at least a part of the bottom row seats intersect. The single-level seats include at least two rows, with at least one seat in each row being adjacent to the aisle, to allow passengers to access the single-level seats. In another embodiment, a seating arrangement includes only multi-level seats. In yet another embodiment, a computer-implemented method is applicable to the seats, such as allowing the display of a visual representation of a top-row seat and a bottom-row seat.

Abstract: An accessible storage, rest, or work accommodation for an aircraft having a passenger cabin with a ceiling and a crown space above the ceiling, comprising: (a) a compartment in the crown space having at least one bunk; (b) an aperture in the passenger cabin ceiling, connecting the compartment to the passenger cabin; (c) a landing positioned below a floor of the compartment, below at least a portion of the aperture, inside the passenger cabin module; and (d) stairs or a ladder leading from the landing to a floor of the passenger cabin.

Abstract: A railroad vehicle where an air conditioner can be installed in an upper part of a roof thereof includes a roof structure having an opening, and a low roof main body having a recessed part provided in the opening, and recessed in a cross section, the air conditioner being able to be placed on the recessed part, and an edge part of the low roof main body which is continuously formed from the low roof main body and joined to the roof structure. The low roof main body and the edge part of the low roof main body are made of plastic.

Abstract: An end bodyshell of a railcar bodyshell includes: a pair of end posts provided at a width direction middle portion of the end bodyshell; corner posts respectively provided at both width direction end portions of the end bodyshell; an end plate to which upper portions of the end posts and upper portions of the corner posts are coupled; and an end-side end beam to which lower portions of the end posts and lower portions of the corner posts are coupled. The end-side end beam includes: a middle member connecting the end posts in the width direction; and two side members each connecting the end post and the corner post in the width direction.

Abstract: An airbag system assembly configured to be positioned in the interior of a vehicle that includes an aft wall configured to be positioned forward of a passenger seat and an airbag system. The aft wall includes front and aft surfaces and the aft wall includes a first flap that is formed by a plurality of weakness lines in at least the front surface thereof. The airbag system includes at least a first airbag module having a first airbag support plate with front and aft surfaces. The first airbag support plate is secured to the front surface of the aft wall, and the first airbag support plate includes a first airbag that is configured to deploy in the event of a crash condition and that is disposed on the aft surface of the first airbag support plate. The first airbag is positioned adjacent the first flap.

Abstract: Exemplary double-decker vehicle for railway rolling stock for the transport of passengers comprises at least: one lower deck and one upper deck, each deck having a multiplicity of seats for passengers, and at least one access door with an access step. According to aspects of the system, apparatus, and method, the vehicle can include, among other features, a circulation system connecting the access step to the upper deck and having at least two sloping circulation paths to provide access for persons with reduced mobility to the upper deck.

Abstract: Exemplary double-decker vehicle for railway rolling stock for the transport of passengers comprises at least: one lower deck and one upper deck, each deck having a multiplicity of seats for passengers, and at least one access door with an access step. According to aspects of the system, apparatus, and method, the vehicle can include, among other features, a circulation system connecting the access step to the upper deck and having at least two sloping circulation paths to provide access for persons with reduced mobility to the upper deck.

Abstract: A passenger rail car includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail car also includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passenger rail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the rail car operator.

Abstract: A passenger rail car includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail car also includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passenger rail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the rail car operator.

Abstract: A passenger rail car includes a lower passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. The passenger rail car also includes an upper passenger compartment that includes a plurality of passenger seats. A control cab for a rail car operator is elevated above the floor of the lower passenger compartment, and is located forward of the passenger seats and behind the crash energy management region. The front end of the passenger rail car may be slanted to provide a greater field of view for the rail car operator.

Abstract: This invention relates to passenger accommodations for aircraft including an improved passenger seat, three improved seating plans, improved food service, and an electronic dining and restroom facility reservation system.

Abstract: A double-decker railcar with continuous circulation on the upper deck and access from a high platform has at least one access door to the railcar the bottom of which is at the level of the high platform. An intermediate access landing to the railcar is level with the bottom of the access door inside the railcar. An access stairway to the upper deck runs from the intermediate landing and an access stairway to the lower deck also runs from the intermediate landing. A stairwell contains at least parts of the access stairway to the lower deck, the intermediate landing and the access stairway to the upper deck. A floor of the upper deck is truncated in a given area delimiting the stairwell at the level of the upper deck. The floor of the upper deck defines a continuous plane to enable continuous circulation on the upper deck.

Abstract: A railroad car having an upper and lower level is disclosed. The lower level is positioned above a flat center sill extending along the length of the car and supported above the axles of the wheels at either end of the car. The upper level is positioned vertically above the lower level. Each of the levels includes doorways opening to the floor region of the respective levels. Having a doorway at each level permits a freer flow of passenger and railroad service personnel traffic between railroad cars. The upper level includes an observation deck having an integral window member which has a substantially vertical portion, a curved portion, and a generally horizontal portion. The shape of the duct system ensures that forced air is evenly distributed along the car.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a double deck rail car having baggage racks (10, 20) for each deck, characterized in that the top deck (1) is lowered beneath the rows of seats on the top deck in order to make sufficient room beneath the ceiling for baggage racks to be installed beneath the ceiling above the top deck, with baggage racks (10) for the bottom deck being integrated in the bases (2) of the seats (50) on the top deck.

Abstract: An assembly unit for the interior finishing of passenger carrying vehicles, in particular of two story railroad car type, consists of modular prefabricated functional units each having at least one of the functions cable duct, loudspeaker, illumination, baggage repository, window shade, and interior covering. Support beams of the functional units are suitably designed aluminum extrusions. The prefabrication of the functional modules takes place outside of the car body in a workshop region specially equipped for this purpose and comprises the working procedures, mechanical processing, surface treatment, assembly of the functional devices, prewiring and functional testing. The functional modules are installed and assembled in a predetermined sequence in the car body into an assembly unit containing the named functions.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement permitting passengers in mobile units, such as coaches or trains, to stay both by day and by night in a lower and an upper one of two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) that are formed by one passenger accommodation (1) being converted into the two superposed passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by the lowering of a ceiling element (33) which is arranged in a raisable and lowerable fashion in the passenger accommodation (1). To permit enhanced utilization of both the lower and the upper passenger accommodations (1a, 1b) by day as well as by night, the ceiling element (33) comprises at least one seat (36-39) which is convertible into at least one berth.

Abstract: A vehicle body for railcars having endwalls and sidewalls of hollow metal sections connecting a roof and a floor comprises a floor having a first intermediate floor consisting of two portions extending from the endwalls toward each other, a second lower floor connected to the two extending portions and a third upper floor over the second floor wherein a plurality of triangular-shaped side plates connect the second lower floor and the third upper floor to the two extending portions at the corner of the side plates so as to uniformly distribute longitudinal forces to the floor while preventing the transfer of longitudinal forces to the sidewalls.

Abstract: A locomotive is provided with an enlarged cab having "split level" sections for accommodating the engineer and other members of the train crew. A first upper section includes seating space for the engineer adjacent to the console with good visibility to the front and back, the engineer's line of sight being above the crew members in a lower section of the cab, and on the opposite side of the cab there is an additional upper section that provides an operating station for the engineer's assistant. In the lower section of the cab seating space is provided for at least one crew member. A writing surface (for performing clerical work) adjacent to seating space for the train conductor, with external visibility along a line of sight parallel to the sides of the railroad cars being propelled by the locomotive, is provided either in the lower section or in the additional upper section of the cab.

Abstract: An elevated deck structure is positionable on the main deck floor in the passenger compartment of a wide-bodied aircraft for providing a mezzanine seating area in the substantially unused upper lobe of the fuselage. A sectioned elongated support wall has a lower portion which is detachably secured to a pair of conventional seat tracks extending longitudinally along the center line of the main deck floor. A plurality of mezzanine floor sections are secured to the top of the support wall and project laterally outward toward the sidewall of the aircraft fuselage. The mezzanine floor is elevated a sufficient distance above the main deck floor to provide passenger seating both in the area under the mezzanine floor on either side of the support wall and on the mezzanine floor itself in the upper lobe of the aircraft.